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Cassandra Negley | Yahoo Sports Maia Chaka will be the first Black woman to work as an NFL referee when she takes the field in her new role this fall. The NFL made the announcement Friday morning […]

By: Anthony Amey & Alyssa Wilson – Although the league’s roster of players is about 70% Black, only three out of 32 teams have a Black coach. The end of every regular season of the […]

Through the years there are leaders, there are coaches, there are role models, there are mentors; then, there are those individuals that carry with them lasting legacies for future generations. Recently the Level the Playing […]

By Willie B. Hall – Many have never heard of the Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association (FIAA), the organization that regulated athletic programs of black high schools in Florida before integration. The FIAA was created in the […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – @StacyBrownMedia – “On Feb. 23, 2021, at approximately 7:12 AM, LASD responded to a single-vehicle roll-over traffic collision on the border of […]

(Source: yourblackworld.net) – Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson was found dead Monday in a Florida hotel room, according to The Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office. ESPN reported on Monday afternoon (February 15) that the body […]

By Victor Trammell (Source: www.yourblackworld.net) – Urban Meyer, the Head Coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, defended his club’s hiring of a controversial strength coach who has been accused of racism and bullying by former football […]

AFRO — By Tim Lacy, Special to the AFRO (www.theafro.com) LeBron James can’t seem to stay off of this page, but this time he brought Michael Jordan along. I am sure you have guessed there has […]

Former world heavyweight champion Leon Spinks, best known for defeating Muhammad Ali in 1978, has died at the age 67, according to a statement from his publicist. Spinks lost his five-year battle with prostate and […]